Incisive commentary from the IfG’s expert team on issues facing government and key ministerial decisions.
From analysis of key political events such as budgets and party conferences to snap responses to unexpected developments such as government reshuffles, our writers set out their views and analyse what government gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it can do better.
How the Prime Minister could break the stalemate on Brexit
Time is short and the Government needs to get over the meaningful vote hurdle to unlock possible ways forward.
Student loans were an accounting wheeze – now they are a fiscal headache
Spending review decisions should be based on what is really happening, not accounting illusions,
Five ways MPs could force the Government’s hand on Brexit
If MPs wanted to prevent a no deal exit, or direct what the Government does next, there are five ways they could make their views known.
New immigration plan must ditch empty rhetoric and scrap pointless targets
A new immigration strategy is a chance for the Home Office to be honest.
For the first time, a second Brexit referendum is a serious possibility
A second referendum is not the simple solution it appears.
Conservative no confidence vote is Sliding Doors moment
Conservative MPs will pick one of two roads through the Brexit forest – and one may lead to ‘no deal’.
There is no such thing as a ‘managed no deal’ Brexit
Those calling for a no deal Brexit need to be honest about what it would mean.
Three things the new Welsh First Minister needs to do
To succeed in the new role, the First Minister will have to defend the constitutional role of the Welsh Assembly.
Interserve shows government must do more than manage the crisis
The government should fix the problems that are causing companies to run into trouble in the first place.
There is no easy exit route from the Irish backstop
Ministers need to accept that there is no clear, negotiable route out of the backstop, without one side moving significantly from its current position